Slavena Nikodimova

Slavena Nikodimova is a UK-based counsellor with 15 years of experience. She works with people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression and eating and food-related issues. She also helps with relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, and other life strains.

Slavena creates an open, non-judgemental space where clients can talk about what matters. She focuses on understanding what is causing distress and on finding practical ways forward. Conversations are paced to suit each person, with attention to feelings, patterns and relationship dynamics.

Her background includes long-term practice supporting people through major life changes and emotional crises. She draws on approaches that centre the client’s experience and that look at how early attachment and relationships shape current reactions. This helps when clients want to address issues like abandonment, attachment difficulties, or problems with intimacy and trust.

In sessions she listens closely and helps clients notice unhelpful patterns. She works with common concerns such as body image, codependency, communication problems, and managing anger. People also consult her about career stress, caregiving strain, and coping after separation.

Practical arrangements such as session length and timing are discussed directly with the client. To begin, prospective clients use the Start Therapy button, complete a short questionnaire and then schedule a suitable appointment.

How these approaches come to life online

Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape present feelings and reactions. It helps people understand patterns in closeness and trust and what they want from relationships now.

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's experience. The counsellor listens without judgement and helps clients find their own answers and build confidence to make changes.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) works with emotions and interactions to improve how people connect and respond to one another. It can be useful for intimacy, attachment and relationship struggles.

Finding the best approach is part of the work. The counsellor will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and then tailor the methods used. This is a collaborative process and can shift as the work progresses.

Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into everyday life, for example by cutting travel time or allowing shorter check-ins during a lunch break. The profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm which formats are offered before booking. Many people find remote sessions helpful for continuity of care and for keeping therapy practical around daily routines.